Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however he was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, where he remained for the next fifteen years, being harshly indoctrinated into european ways of thought and worship. The story tells of his return to his people, his hard initiation back into those people, which lead to his desire to convey their knowledge to the world. Of Water and the Spirit is the result of that desire; it is a sharing of living African traditions, offered in compassion for those struggling with our contemporary crisis of the spirit.
Enter a world of magic and adventure in this stunning series based on traditional Russian folklore. Collected into a beautiful new paperback edition for the first time! Alexander Utkin's Gamayun Tales are fresh and modern adaptations of familiar Russian folktales, teamed with bold and beautiful illustrations that take inspiration from classical mid-century Disney animation. Jam-packed with stories of magical quests and talking animals, golden chests that turn into palaces and encounters with terrifying Water Spirits, there's no end to the adventure in these books! A great introduction to Slavic folklore for kids who have already read everything on Egyptian and Greek mythology.
By Water and the Spirit, a 6-session study guide for use in small groups, contains the full text of the paper "By Water and the Spirit," which describes the United Methodist understanding of baptism approved by the 1996 General Conference. This booklet serves as a resource for congregational leaders who are helping members make connections between the baptismal covenant and discipleship in daily life.
Gain victory over the spiritual forces of the deep! What are water spirits? Everyday people are feeling the effects of unseen evil forces, and yet, they dont know whats attacking them, let alone how to have victory. While many spiritual warriors are familiar with principalities and powers like Jezebel and witchcraft, few have heard of marine demons. Also called water spirits, these powers wreak havoc in places near bodies of water. From Python, to Leviathan, to Triton to Rahab and beyond, spiritual warriors are feeling the effects of water spirits but often dont know how to combat these evil forces. Bestselling author Jennifer LeClaire provides a revolutionary guidebook on how to prophetically recognize these spirits and engage in victorious warfare against them. This book will identify each water spirit, equipping believers to overcome them. Be prepared to: Recognize the symptoms of the spirit of Python and learn to break free from its squeezing stronghold. Detect the twisted lies of a Leviathan spirit in your life and in contemporary culture. Overcome the spirit of Rahab that attempts to prevent you from crossing over into your new season. Unleash the power of Holy Spirit and partner with Him to change spiritual climates in your life and city. Discern the presence of these water spirits and become equipped with spiritual warfare strategies to defeat them!
This book traces the visual cultures and histories of Mami Wata and other African water divinities. Mami Wata, often portrayed with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish, is at once beautiful, jealous, generous, seductive, and potentially deadly. A water spirit widely known across Africa and the African diaspora, her origins are said to lie "overseas," although she has been thoroughly incorporated into local beliefs and practics. She can bring good fortune in the form of money, and her power increased between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries, the era of growing international trade between Africa and the rest of the world. Her name, which may be translated as "Mother Water" or "Mistress Water," is pidgin English, a language developed to lubricate trade. Africans forcibly carried across the Atlantic as part of that "trade" brought with them their beliefs and practices honoring Mami Wata and other ancestral deities. Henry John Drewal is the Evjue-Bascom Professor of African and African Diaspora Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Other contributors include Marilyn Houlberg, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Amy L. Noell, John W. Nunley, and Jill Salmons.
"McAnally presents an academically rigorous, spiritually rich approach to the myriad global issues related to water. The author draws from Christianity's sacramental consciousness of baptism, loving service of the Yamuna River in Hinduism, and the compassionate wisdom of the bodhisattva to develop 'an integral approach to water ethics.' Building on but distinct from the foundation laid by Christiana Zenner's Just Water, this book is a welcome addition to the growing field of concern surrounding global water crises"--
This title's main subject is "to be born again of Water and the Spirit." It has the originality on the subject. In other words, this book clearly tells us what being born again is and how to be born again of water and the Spirit in strict accordance with the Bible. The water symbolizes the baptism of Jesus at the Jordan and the Bible says that all our sins were passed on to Jesus when He was baptized by John the Baptist. John was the representative of all mankind and a descendant of Aaron the High priest. Aaron laid his hands on the head of the scapegoat and passed all the yearly sins of the Israelites onto it on the Day of Atonement. It is a shadow of the good things to come. The baptism of Jesus is the antitype of the laying on of hands. Jesus was baptized in the form of the laying on of hands at the Jordan. So He took away all the sins of the world through His baptism and was crucified to pay for the sins. But most Christians don't know why Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan. Jesus' baptism is the keyword of this book, and the indispensable part of the Gospel of Water and the Spirit. We can be born again only by believing in the baptism of Jesus and His Cross. CONTENTS 1. We Must First Know about Our Sins to Be Redeemed (Mark 7:8-9, 20-23) One’s Own Criterion Is a Sin before God | The Reason Why God Gave Us the Law | What’s in the Heart of a Human Being? | We Should Know Exactly What Our Sins Are | Those Who Try to Be Redeemed through Their Works Are Still Sinners | The Most Arrogant Sin in the World | We Have to Give Up Our Own Standards to Be Saved 2. Human Beings Are Born Sinners(Mark 7:20-23) People Are Confused and Live under Their Own Illusions | Know Yourself | People Spill Sin Continuously All Their Lives | God Didn’t Redeem Those Who Have ‘a Bit of Sin’ 3. If We Do Things by the Law, Can It Save Us? (Luke 10:25-30) God Gave Us the Righteousness of Faith before the Law | The Law Is for the Knowledge of Sin | The Sins within the Heart of All Humankind 4. The Eternal Redemption (John 8:1-12) The Woman Who Was Caught in the Act of Adultery | Who Receives God’s Grace? | “He Who Is without Sin among You, Let Him Throw a Stone at Her First” | He Said, “Neither Do I Condemn You.” | We Have to Be Redeemed before Jesus | His Love Is Greater Than His Justice | Aaron Laid His Hands on the Scapegoat | To Redeem Us All | “Neither Do I Condemn You” | Just as If Swept Away with a Broom | By God’s Will 5. The Baptism of Jesus and the Atonement of Sins (Matthew 3:13-17) Is There Anyone Who Still Suffers from Sin? | John the Baptist, the Witness and Forerunner of the Gospel | Two Kinds of Baptism | The Task of the High Priest for the Atonement of Sins | Why Was John the Baptist Born? | The Proofs in the Bible | The Lineage of John the Baptist | Only the Sons of Aaron Shall Minister as Priests | The Special Providence of God! | The Baptism of Jesus | The Greatest Man Born of Women | The Testimony of Zacharias, the Father of John | The Baptism That Passes on Our Sins | “Behold! The Lamb of God Who Takes Away the Sin of the World!” | The Savior of Man, Jesus Christ | The Eternal Redemption | The Spiritual Meaning of Jesus’ Washing Peter’s Feet | The Gospel of Eternal Redemption 6. Jesus Christ Came by Water, Blood, and the Spirit (1 John 5:1-12) Only He Who Believes in the Water and the Blood Can Overcome the World | Jesus Took Away All the Sins of the World with His Baptism of Redemption | Jesus Came to Sinners by the Water of His Baptism and the Blood on The Cross | There Is Also an Antitype Which Now Saves Us, Namely Baptism, through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ <1 Peter 3:21> | The ‘Word of Testimony’ for God’s Salvation of the Water | I Tell You That It Is Not True Salvation without the Witness of the Water, the Blood, and the Spirit | The Gospel of the Baptism and the Blood of Jesus Should Be Definitely Testified to So That People Can Hear, Believe, and Be Saved | Have Correct Faith: Unrequited Lovers of Jesus Who Don’t Know the Redemption of Jesus’ Baptism and His Blood Will Perish | The Apostle Paul and Peter Also Bore Witness Both to the Baptism and the Blood of Jesus | The Salvation of Redemption of the Lord Came by the Water and the Blood of Jesus | There Are Three Things That Bear Witness to the Salvation of Sinners | Those Who Believe but Are Not Redeemed Deny To The End the Baptism of Jesus | Jesus Redeemed Us Once and for All When He Was Baptized and Bled on the Cross | The Unbelievers Deny the Baptism of Jesus and His Holiness | Those Who Are Not Born Again Cannot Discern a Sheep from a Goat 7. The Baptism of Jesus Is the Antitype of Salvation For Sinners (1 Peter 3:20-22) The Precious Salvation Given to Us through the Baptism of Jesus | There’s No ‘Maybe’ about the Baptism of Redemption | Jesus Washed Away all Our Sins Once and for All | Jesus Is the Lord of Salvation | The Baptism and the Blood of Jesus Saves Sinners | A Clinical Experiment of Faith | The Antitype of Salvation: the Baptism of Jesus | 8. The Gospel of the Abundant Atonement (John 13:1-17) He Said in John 13:12 | The Remission of All Our Lifelong Trespasses Was Fulfilled with the Baptism and the Blood of Jesus | The Righteous Can Never Become Sinners Again The Weakness of Peter’s Flesh | Evil Thoughts in the Hearts of People | One Has to Recognize One’s Own Evil Nature | Murder in the Heart of Every Person Adultery in Our Hearts | The Fruit of Sinners Is Sin | ‘The Baptism and the Cross of Jesus’ Was to Atone for Our Sins | The Beginning of the Gospel of the Atonement for Sins | The Sacrifice of Atonement for the Yearly Sins of All Israelites | By the Law of God, We Have to Have True Knowledge of All Our Sins | The Atonement for the Sins of Tomorrow | The Salvation of Being Born Again of Water and the Spirit That Is Engraved in Our Hearts and Minds | The Salvation of Sinners Has Been Completed | “Lord, You Know That I Love You”| “Do You Love Me More Than These?”| We Have to Discard the Faith of Our Own Wills | Afterwards, He Became a True Servant of God | Have Faith in the Gospel Which Washed Away All Our Daily Sins | What Was the Gate of the Court of the Tabernacle Made of? | What Do Blue, Purple, and Scarlet Yarn Mean within the Gospel of God? | The Truth Represented by Blue Yarn | The Bronze Laver of The Old Testament Was a Shadow of the Baptism of The New Testament | The Faith That Makes a Mockery of Jesus | We Can Never Be Born Again without Believing in Jesus, the Realization of Blue, Purple, and Scarlet Yarn | In Order to Be Born Again, One Should Never Scorn the Biblical Truth, the Gospel of the Atonement for Sins | The Original Gospel Begets Sanctification with Blue Yarn | What Is the Salvation of Blue Yarn That Jesus Gave Us? Appendix 1. Testimonies of Salvation 2. Supplementary Explanation 3. Questions & Answers The New Life Mission https://www.bjnewlife.org
"This book represents a substantial accomplishment, one that provides a useful resource for those wanting to deepen their understanding of the sacraments, particularly baptism. Reflecting a massive amount of research, against the background of an in-depth survey of various views of baptism in church history, Fesko provides an extensive exegetical and biblical-theological study of the covenantal and eschatological significance of baptism followed by systematic theological reflections on key issues like baptism as a means of grace, the efficacy of baptism, the biblical warrant for infant baptism (and against paedocommunion) and the importance of baptism for the church. One need not agree with his reflections at every point to benefit from his considerable labors." - Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Emeritus, Westminster Theological Seminary
